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AGENDA

PLANS AND PROGRAMS COMMITTEE

Meeting Notice

Date: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Location: Room 263, City Hall
Commissioners: Dufty (Chair), Peskin (Vice-Chair), Alioto-Pier, Daly, Maxwell, and McGoldrick (Ex-Officio)
CLERK: Pooja Jhunjhunwala

1. Roll Call

2. Approval of Minutes of the July 12, 2005 Meeting – ACTION* (attachment 1)

3. Citizens Advisory Committee Report – INFORMATION* (attachment 2)

4. Recommend Appointment of One Member to the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) – ACTION* (attachment 3)

The Authority has an eleven-member Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC). CAC members serve two-year terms. Per the Authority's Administrative Code, the Plans and Programs Committee recommends and the Authority Board appoints individuals to fill any CAC vacancies. Neither Authority staff nor the CAC make any recommendations on CAC appointments, but we maintain an up-to-date database of applications for CAC membership. A chart with information about current CAC members is attached, showing ethnicity, gender, neighborhood of residence, and affiliation. There is one vacancy on the CAC requiring Committee action, resulting from the term expiration of Sarah Chan. The recommendation is to appoint one member to the Citizens Advisory Committee.

5. Recommend Allocation of Prop K funds to MUNI for three Overhead Rehabilitation 1998-2009 Program Projects Including $200,000 for the 5 Fulton/21 Hayes Lines Project, $169,000 for the Traction Power Feeders Project, and $99,000 for the Traction Power Substations Project, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedules – ACTION* (attachment 4)

MUNI's overhead rehabilitation program covers the phased design and replacement of its overhead wires, related poles and traction power systems. The projects included in this program are designed to reduce operational problems, reduce maintenance and increase system reliability. MUNI has requested a total of $468,000 in Prop K funds including $200,000 for conceptual engineering of the 5 Fulton/21 Hayes lines, $169,000 for design engineering for Traction Power Feeders, and $99,000 for Traction Power Substations design engineering. These Prop K funds will provide the required 20% non-federal local match to $1,872,000 in Federal 5307 grant funds. We are seeking a recommendation to allocate Prop K funds to MUNI for three Overhead Rehab 1998-2009 Program projects including $200,000 for the 5 Fulton/21 Hayes Lines project, $169,000 for the Traction Power Feeders project, and $99,000 for the Traction Power Substations project, subject to the attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedules .

6. Recommend Appropriation of $25,000 in Prop K funds for Development of the San Francisco Model Land Use Allocation Tool, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule – ACTION* (attachment 5)

Travel demand forecasting depends on accurate forecasts of population and employment, and the Planning Department currently employs a laborious manual process for allocating future growth in the city. The purpose of this project is to automate the creation of land use inputs to the SF-CHAMP travel forecasting model, and to better integrate land use and transportation modeling between the Planning Department and the Authority. This project will create the first version of the San Francisco Model Land Use Allocation Tool, and will provide the framework for future extensions to the Planning Department's land use forecasting capabilities. The total cost is $55,000, to be funded with $25,000 in Prop K funds from the Transportation/Land Use Coordination category and $30,000 from the Authority's TPLUS funds. We are seeking a recommendation for the appropriation of $25,000 in Prop K funds for development of the San Francisco Model Land Use Allocation Tool, subject to the attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule .

7. Recommend Appropriation of $50,000 in Prop K funds for the Bayview Oakdale Caltrain Station Ridership Study, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule.– ACTION* (attachment 6)

In February 2005, the Authority Board approved the Bayview Oakdale Caltrain Station Study: Design Feasibility and Station Concepts Report, which concluded that it is feasible to build a station at Oakdale and developed two conceptual station plans with community input. The next stage of station planning is to conduct service planning and ridership studies. We are recommending appropriation of $50,000 in Prop K funds for the Authority to lead the Bayview Oakdale Caltrain Station Ridership Study, in collaboration with Caltrain and MUNI. The study will utilize recently completed rider surveys that will help to assess the future demand, travel patterns, and modes of access to and from the Oakdale station, and our travel demand model to test alternative regional and local service plan scenarios and generate estimated ridership projections at the Oakdale station. We are seeking a recommendation for the appropriation of $50,000 in Prop K funds for the Bayview Oakdale Caltrain Station Ridership Study, subject to the attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule .

8. Recommend Appropriation of $45,000 in Prop K funds for the On-Street Parking Management Study, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule . – ACTION* (attachment 7)

There is strong policy, agency and public support for an on-street parking management study in San Francisco . The Countywide Transportation Plan calls for better parking management through a variety of means including pricing mechanisms. Similarly, the Travel Demand Management/Parking Management (TDM/PM) category in the Prop K Expenditure Plan calls for pricing mechanisms as a way to further shape the demand for transportation system capacity in San Francisco, and encourage the use of alternatives to the automobile, consistent with the City's Transit First Policy. The purpose of the proposed On-Street Parking Management Study, which will be led by the Authority in cooperation with the MTA and the Planning Department, is to review San Francisco 's existing on-street parking management programs and to investigate the potential for using innovative strategies such as parking meter pricing more widely as a transportation demand management tool. The total cost is $75,000, to be funded with $45,000 in Prop K funds from the TDM/PM category and $30,000 from the Authority's TPLUS funds. We are seeking a recommendation for the appropriation of $45,000 in Prop K funds for the On-Street Parking Management Study, subject to the attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule.

9. Recommend Appropriation of $20,000 in Prop K funds for the Geary Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Multilingual Outreach Project, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule – ACTION* (attachment 8)

In July 2005, Caltrans awarded a $198,000 Environmental Justice transportation planning grant to the Authority for the Geary Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Multilingual Outreach Project. The project will help ensure that the BRT design on Geary reflects the input of the diverse set of stakeholders who live and work in the corridor by partnering with community-based organizations to employ non-traditional strategies to reach the no- and limited-English speaking populations. The project also provides a unique opportunity to attract communities to the transportation planning process. Outreach is already underway on the Geary BRT Study, and because the Multilingual Outreach Project is inherently tied to this larger public outreach effort, work must begin as soon as possible in order for the project to be effective. The total cost is $212,000, to be funded with $198,000 from the recently awarded Caltrans planning grant and $20,000 in Prop K funds from the Transportation/Land Use Coordination category, which provides the local match to the Caltrans grant. We are seeking a recommendation for the appropriation of $20,000 in Prop K funds for the Geary BRT Multilingual Outreach Project, subject to the attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule .

10. Recommend Allocation to the Department of Parking and Traffic, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedules, of $37,000 in Prop K Funds for Planning and Implementation of the Upgrade Market Street Transit Lane Signs and Pavement Markings Project and $60,000 for the Market Street Wayfinding Signage Program Plan – ACTION * (attachment 9)

At the July 12, 2005 meeting of the Plans and Programs Committee, Commissioners Daly and Dufty asked that applications be brought in September for the remaining Market Street Action Plan short-term implementation projects that are ready to move forward and require Prop K funds. Subsequently, MUNI submitted an application to MTC's Safe Routes to Transit grant program for implementation of Action Plan Recommendations 8, 9, and 10, and submitted an application for Prop K funds to the Authority for Recommendations 3 and 7, planning and implementation for the Upgrade Market Street Transit Lane Signs and Pavement Markings project and plan development for the Market Street Wayfinding Signage Program. These projects will help to improve circulation of both motorists and transit vehicles traveling on or across Market Street . We are seeking a recommendation to allocate to the Department of Parking and Traffic, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules, of $37,000 in Prop K Funds for planning and implementation of the Upgrade Market Street Transit Lane Signs and Pavement Markings project and $60,000 for the Market Street Wayfinding Signage Program Plan.

11. Draft Strategic Analysis Report on Proposed Boulevard Treatment for Folsom Street – INFORMATION* (attachment 10)

This Strategic Analysis Report (SAR) was requested by Commissioner Daly in response to concerns about the changing nature of land use along Folsom Street in the South of Market Area, and the implications for the role and design of Folsom Street. Consistent with Board-adopted SAR procedures, the Draft SAR will first be presented to the committee on which the requester sits, in this case the Plans and Programs Committee. Subsequently, the Draft SAR will be circulated to City Departments and other interested stakeholders for comment. We anticipate presenting the Final Draft SAR to the Citizens Advisory Committee at its October meeting, and then to the Plans and Programs Committee for action at its November meeting. We are seeking input and guidance from the Plans and Programs Committee. This is an information item.

12. Status Report on Third Street Light Rail Project – INFORMATION* (attachment 11)

13. Introduction of New Items – INFORMATION

14. Public Comment

15. Adjournment

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